Rules Suggestions
The Advisory Committees evaluate in the first instance suggestions to amend the Federal Rules.
Name of Individual and/or Organization | Date Received | Committee | Rule or Form | Status |
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David Andersen, Esq. (11-BK-A) | 03/16/2011 | Bankruptcy | Eliminate Unnecessary Mail Notices in Bankruptcy Cases | Considered |
Hon. A. Benjamin Goldgar (11-BK-B) | 05/28/2011 | Bankruptcy | Rule 3002(a) | Considered |
Wendell J. Sherk, Esq. (11-BK-C) | 06/08/2011 | Bankruptcy | Official Form 22 | Considered |
Sabrina L. McKinney (11-BK-D) | 06/24/2011 | Bankruptcy | Official Form B10 | Considered |
Hon. A. Thomas Small (11-BK-E) | 07/24/2011 | Bankruptcy | Bankruptcy Rules 7016 and 8001 | Considered |
Hon. Peter W. Bowie (11-BK-F) | 07/22/2011 | Bankruptcy | Bankruptcy Rules 7012, 7004(e), and 9006(f) | Considered |
Geoffrey L. Berman (11-BK-G) | 09/22/2011 | Bankruptcy | National Bankruptcy Bar | Considered |
Debra Miller (11-BK-H) | 09/28/2011 | Bankruptcy | Deficiency Claims | Considered |
Hon. Erik P. Kimball (11-BK-I) | 10/13/2011 | Bankruptcy | Rules 7008 and 7012 | Considered |
Hon. A. Benjamin Goldgar, Hon. Carol Doyle and Hon. Bruce W. Black (11-BK-K) | 11/23/2011 | Bankruptcy | Bankruptcy Rules 7008, 9027 and 9033, and new rule 7008.1 | Considered |
Hon. Arthur J. Gonzalez (11-BK-L) | 12/10/2011 | Bankruptcy | Proposed modification to the Standing Order of Referral | Considered |
Jim F. Spencer, Jr., Esq. (11-BK-M) | 12/15/2011 | Bankruptcy | Rule 9027 | Considered |
David S. Yen, Esq. (11-BK-N) | 01/25/2012 | Bankruptcy | Form 3B | Considered |
J. Michael Schaefer, Esq. (00-CV-A) | 01/24/2000 | Civil | Civil Rules | Considered |
State of California Department of Justice (Assistant Attorney General Dennis W. Dawson for Hon. Bill Lockyear, Attorney General) (00-CV-B) | 03/29/2000 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
Alcan Aluminum Corporation (Lawrence A. Salibra, II, Esq.) (00-CV-C) | 06/05/2000 | Civil | Rule 5 | Considered |
Tom Scherer (00-CV-D) | 06/26/2000 | Civil | Manipulation of Bar Codes in Mailing | Considered |
Committee on Federal Procedure of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section of the New York State Bar Association (Gregory K. Arenson, Esq.) (00-CV-E) | 08/07/2000 | Civil | Rule 26 | Considered |
Hon. Morton Denlow (00-CV-F) | 08/08/2000 | Civil | Option for Summary Bench Trials | Considered |
Hon. Barbara B. Crabb (00-CV-G) | 10/05/2000 | Civil | Rule 5.1, (Appellate Rule 44) | Considered |
Roy H. Wepner, Esq. (00-CV-H) | 11/30/2000 | Civil | Rule 6 | Considered |
Professor Stephen D. Easton (00-CV-I) | 12/04/2000 | Civil | Rule 26 | Considered |
Jacques Pierre Ward (01-CV-A) | 01/08/2001 | Civil | Specify page limits for motions | Considered |
The Maritime Law Association of the United States (William R. Dorsey) (01-CV-B) | 06/15/2001 | Civil | Admiralty Rule B | Considered |
Professor Martha L. Minow (01-CV-C) | 10/11/2001 | Civil | Rule 15(c)(3) | Considered |
Tracey Ellis (02-CV-A) | 02/07/2002 | Civil | Minority Litigant Cases | Considered |
Hon. Jane J. Boyle (02-CV-B) | 02/20/2002 | Civil | Rule 54 | Considered |
James A. Andrews (02-CV-C) | 04/08/2002 | Civil | Court Filing Fee Procedures | Considered |
Committee on Federal Procedure of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section of the New York State Bar Association (Gregory K. Arenson, Esq.) (02-CV-D) | 05/07/2002 | Civil | Rule 68 | Considered |
New Hampshire State Civil Division (Nancy J. Smith, Esq.) (02-CV-E) | 06/24/2002 | Civil | Rule 8(a)(2) | Considered |